Drying-reel.



No. 708,184. Patented Sept. 2, 1902.:

C. D. WEAVER.

DRYING REEL.

(Afiplication filed Apr. 1, 1902.

(No Model.)

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A TTURNEYE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. WEAVER, OF MOPHERSON, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLARK- WEAVER'MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF GREELEY, COLORADO.

DRYING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,184, datedSeptember 2, 1902. Application filed April 1, 1902. Serial No- 100,974.(No model.)

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. WEAVER,a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, resid-,

ing at McPherson, in the county of McPherson and State of Kansas, haveinvented cer-.

tain new and usefullmprovements in Drying- Reels; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accom panyingdrawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

I 5 My invention relates to improvements in drying-reels, and will bedescribed with special reference to its use in connection withshoe-lacing-tip machines of the character set forth in mysimultaneously-pending application, Serial No. 72,294, filed August 16,1901.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of ashoe-lacing-tip machine equipped with myimproved drying-reel. Fig.

2 is a top view of the reel, shown on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is afragmentary view'of the reel-chain, illustrating the operating wormgear,shown on a larger scale. Fig. 4 illus trates the same mechanism, viewedat right angles to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail, on a 3olarger scale, of aportion of the reel-chain. Fig. 6 is "a cross-section of the chain onthe line a; 00, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a cross-section of thereel-chain-supporting guide. Fig. 8 is a section taken through the chainand support- 5 ing-guide, the parts being shown in operative relation.Fig. 9 illustrates another form of reel-chain. Fig. 10 is a sectiontaken on the line w :0, Fig. 9.

The same reference characters indicate the 0 same parts in all theviews.

Let the numeral 5 designate the framework of the machine, which may beof any suitable construction. Upon this framework is mounted and madefast a drumor casing 6, through the center of which passes a shaft 7, towhich are made fast radial reel-arms 8. The shaft is journaled in theframe. Four arms 8, as shown in the drawings, are attached to each endof the shaft and located Within the drum at right angles to each other.Upon each reel-arm is slidably mounted a bracket 9, which is held inplace upon the arm by a setbolt 9 or any other suitable device or meansarranged to perform the desired function. The distance between thesebrackets measured around the reel determines the length of the laces. Itis evident that this distance may be regulated by adjusting the bracketson the arms. On each of these brackets is arrangedasprocket-wheel 10.The two arms, one'on each end of the shaft, lying in the same radialplane form a pair. The two sprocket- Wheels of each pair of arms areconnected by a chain 12, provided with notches 12, adapted to receivethe convolutions of the lacing material and keep them separated whilethe reel is turning. As shown in the drawings, each link is composed oftwo separated members. In the forms shown in Figs. 9 and 10 a block 12,interposed between the link mein- 7o bers, is provided with pins 12 tocatch the lac ing web or string and prevent it from stretching orslipping in order to insure the cutting of the lacing-web at the properpoint. In the form of construction shown in Fig. 5 the notches 12 areintended to be so shaped as to prevent the web from stretching orslipping. Thelinks 12 of the form shown in Fig. 9 are provided withordinary saw-tooth notches, the pins being relied on to prevent 8otheweb from slipping, as aforesaid. In the drawings (see Figs. 7 and 8)ahorizontal supportinguide for each reel-chain is employed. This guideis composed of two members 12 connected by a block 12 The members 12 areinteriorly grooved, as shown at 12 to receive the extremities'of thehinge-pins 12 of the chain.

The sprocket 10 is fast on a spindle 13, journaled in the bracket 9. Tothe extremity of this spindle remote from the wheel 10 is made fastaworm-Wheel 14, Whose toothed periphery is engaged by a worm 15. To thespindle 15 of the worm is made fast a starwheel 16, adapted to engagepins 17, mounted 5 on the drum as the reel turns. There are four ofthese pins on one end of the drum on the inside. As the star-wheelengages each pin it is given one-fourth of a revolution. Hence thespindle of the star-wheel is given a complete revolution during eachrotation of the reel. This movement of the spindle turns the wormmounted thereon, and the worm in turn actuates the worm-wheel spindleand the sprocket-wheels sufliciently to cause the chain 12 to traveljust the distance between the notches 12 of the chain. In this mannerthe convolutions of the lacingweb are kept separate as they are wound onthe reel.

Mounted on the front end of the framework is a shaft or spindle 18, uponwhich is mounted any desired number of spools 19 or a sleeve having anydesired number of spoolcompartments or spaces upon which the lacingmaterial is wound preparatory to use on the machine. As the shoelacingcord or string 20, which may be of ordinary manufacture, leaves a spoolit passes through a suitable tension device 21, which gives it a formcircular in cross-section preparatory to applying the solution thereto.The string is drawn from the spool by the reel, which stops at intervalslong enough for the solution to be applied to the string through theinstrumentality of the mechanism therefor, which mechanism is not hereindescribed, as it forms no part of my present invention. After thesolution has been applied to a portion of the web it must be partiallydried before it can be molded into shape to form the tip. For thispurpose it passes through an opening 6 in the drum or casing 6 to thereel 10, already described. A sufficient number of convolutions arewound upon the reel before the lacing-web is allowed to leave the latterto consume the time required for this partially-drying operation. Theweb then passes to the molding-wheels 5i and 55. As shown in thedrawings, there are two pairs of these wheels mounted on upright bars60, whichare slotted to permit the Vertical adjustment of themolding-Wheels when the length of the web between the tips is varied.After leaving the molding-wheels the lacing-web 20 passes downwardlyunder apulley 01 on a shaft 62 and thence over a roller 64. Twoupwardly-projecting arms (only one being shown) are made fast to therear extremity of the framework and provided with curved slots 70. Oneach side of the framework is a long arm 71, which is pivotally mountedon the frame at its forward extremity, whereby it is allowed tooscillate. In the rear extremities of these arms are journaled theextremities of a rod 72, to which is rigidly attached a parallel rod 73. The part 78 is a lever, fulcrumed as shown at 79. This lever isemployed in the shoe-lacing-tip machine, but is not claimed in thisapplication. The said lever is operated from a wheel 80. The arm 71 andits connections are raised to cause the rods 72 and 73 to travel fromthe lower to the upper extremity of the slot 7O by means of alifting-link 81, connected with a cam-wheel 82. The lower '93 of thecam-wheel 82.

part of the link is slotted and slides on a pin 83, fast on the frame.

The reel is operated by the rotation of a gear 85, fast on thereel-shaft 7. This gear meshes with a gear 86, fast on a spindle 87, towhich is also made fast a gear 88, operated from a gear 89, a portion ofWhose periphery is plain or free from cogs, since in this relation theoperation of the reel is intermittent. Fast on the spindle of the gear89 is a gear 91, which meshes with the gear 27, the latter beingactuated from a gear 29 through the medium of a gear 28. The gear 01also meshes with the gear 92, fast on the spindle A beveled wheel 04,also fast on the spindle 93, meshes with a similar gear 95, fast on oneextremity of a shaft 96, whose opposite or rear extremity is providedwith a gear 97, meshing with the gear 98, fast on the shaft or spindle99.

From the foregoing description the operation of the mechanism will bereadily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination of a drying-reel, bracketsadjustably mounted on the reel-arms, sprocketwheels mounted on thebrackets, and means mounted on the sprocket-wheels for automaticallyshifting the convolutions wound on the reel.

2. The combination with the reel, of brackets mounted on the reelarms,sprocketwheels mounted on the brackets, chains carried by the sprockets,worm-wheels fast on the sprocket-spindles, a worm engaging eachworm-wheel, a star-wheel mounted on the worm-spindle, and means forautomatically actuating each star-wheel as the reel is rotated, wherebythe chains are actuated for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with the reel, of sprocket-wheels mounted on thereel-arms, endless chains mounted on the sprocketwheels and extendingsubstantially parallel to the axis of the reel, said chains beingprovided with notches for the convolutions wound on the reel, and meansfor actuating the chains as the reel is rotated.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with the reel,of sprocket-wheels mounted on the reel-arms, endless chains carried bythe sprocket-wheels, and provided with notches, pins also mounted on thechains in line with the notches, and means for antomatically actuatingthe chains as the reel is rotated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES D. WVEAVER.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS A. VANIMAN, EDGAR D. BALDWIN.

